Cigar-lighter



(ModeL) 2 Shets'-S h e'et 1.

W; D. DOREMUS.

Cigar Lighter.

Patented Jan.

(Model) 2 sheets -sheet 2. W, D.DOREM.US-;

Cigar Lighter.

I Pate nte'd, Jan. 4,1881;

UNITEDv STATES PATENT 'Orrroe.

WILLARD D. DOBEMUS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AS- SIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND SAMUEL It. STRATTON AND JOHN T. STRAT- TON, OF STRATTONVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

CIGAR-LIGHTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 236,313, dated January 4, 1881.

' Application filed June 24, 1880. (Model) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD D. DOREMUS, of Washington, in the county of Washington, and in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements-in Cigar- Lighters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective view of my device with its cover closed, a portion of said cover being broken away so as to show the relative positions of the operative mechanism. Fig. 2 is a like view of the same, the cover being opened. Figs. 3 and 4 are elevations of the front side of said device, and show, respectively, the positions of parts when'the cover is closed and open. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the rear side of said device, and shows the positions of the operative parts when the cover is closed. Fig. 6 is a like view of the same with the cover partially opened and the spring-hammer raised; and Fig. 7 is an elevation of the rear side, showing said cover entirely open and said hammer in position after having impinged upon the percussion-tape.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of the figures.

The design of my invention is to enable cigars to be lighted with ease and certainty; and to this end it consists,principally, in the means employed for feeding a percussion-tape from a receptacle and successively exploding the pellets of said tape, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter shown.

It consists, finally, in the device as a whole, its several parts being constructed and combined to operate in the manner and for the purpose substantially as hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawings, A represents a sheet-metal reservoir, having, preferably, a rectangular form in horizontal section, and provided with a cover, B, that is hinged at one corner to one end at the upper side of said reservoir, and has such height as to cause it to inclose a considerable space when closed.

Extending upward from the top of the reservoir A, near one side and at or near its longitudinal center, is a wick-tube, G, which at its upper end curves forward, so as to deliver the wick c horizontally. Said wick is raised or lowered by means of the usual form of wick wheel and shaft D.

Projecting forward from the wick-tube O is a stud, E, upon which is secured a sheet-metal barrel, F, that has suitable dimensions to enable it to receive and contain a coiled tape of percussion-pellets, and near its top is provided, within its periphery, with an opening, f, for the outward passage of said tape.

J ournaled upon the stud E, in rear of the barrel F, is a plate, G, which has the form, in side elevation, shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7, and is provided with an arm, g, that extends forward over said barrel, and is curved so as to cause its upper front end to bear upon the pe= riphery of the same. The plate G is connected with the cover B by means of a bar, H, which is pivoted at one end to the lower end at the rear side of said plate, and at its opposite end to or upon the rear end of said cover a short distance above its hinge, by which means said plate will be caused to oscillate upon its bearin g as said cover is opened and closed, and the arm 9 will be caused to engage with and move the percussion-tape at each upward forward movement.

Secured to a suitable support is a springarm, I, which extendsin a curve upward around the front periphery of the barrel F, and near the top of the latter, at its end,is provided with a hammer-point, i, that may be caused to impinge upon said barrel, or the percussion-tape resting thereon, by raising and releasing said arm. The spring-hammer I is operated by the pivoted plate G, which latter is provided at its upper end with a projection, 9, that has an inclined face, 9 that engages with a lug, i, which extends rearward from said hammer, the arrangement being such that said face passes beneath and raises said lug as the cover B is opened, and when said face has passed out of engagement said hammer springs downward and impinges upon the percussion-tape. The rear end of the lug t" is cut away upon a rearward and outward line, and as the plate Gr returns to its normal position by the closing of the cover B the arm 9' engages with said lug t" and is sprung outward by the inclined end thereof, and after passing beyond said lug springs inward again to position for reengage ment with the forward side of the same.

The operation of the device is as follows,

viz: Suitable burning-fluid being supplied to the reservoir and the wick adjusted until its end projects a suitable distance from the end of the wick-tube, the cover is closed, and upon 5 being opened the hammer is raised and released and impinges upon one of the percussion-pellets, explodes the same, and produces a flame that passes upward beneath and ignites said wick. Each time the cover is opened the percussion-tape is fed forward, so as to place a new pellet in position for explosion by the hammer;

I am aware that it is not new, broadly, to feed a percussion-tape from a barrel beneath a hammer for the purpose of igniting a lampwick, nor to operate lighting mechanism by the movements of a hinged cover for inclosing the same.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invention, what I claim as new 1s 1. As a means for feeding forward a percussion-tape, the pivoted plate G, provided with the arm 9, and connected with the cover B by means of the bar H, said parts being combined with each other and with the barrel F, substantially as shown.

2. As a means for exploding the pellets of a percussion-tape, the pivoted plate G, provided with the arm g, having an inclined end, 9 the bar H, connecting said plate with the cover B, the spring-hammer I 1', having the lug z" and the barrel F, said parts being combined substantially as set forth.

3. The hereinbefore-described cigar-lighter, in which the reservoir A, cover B, wick-tube G, wick 0, barrel F, pivoted plate G, having, the arms 9 and g the connecting-bar H, and the spring-hammer I, provided with the point i and lug i, are constructed and combined with each other and with a percussiontape, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of August, 1879.

\V. 1). DOREMUS.

Witnesses:

G120. S. PRINDLE, J AS. E. HUTCHINSON. 

